More than 200 homes have been without power today after heavy winds caused a tree to blow down breaking a high-voltage network cable in Finchampstead.

The cable came down in Park Lane, Finchampstead at around 8.40pm last night leaving 217 homes without power.

Roads which have been affected by the power shortage are White Horse Lane, Fleet Hill, Nine Mile Ride and Reading Road.

Engineers from Southern Electric were dispatched to the scene but were forced to stop their work at 1am due to dangerous weather conditions.

A spokesperson from Southern Electric said: "Engineers were dispatched but due to weather conditions they did have to suspend the work because it was too dangerous for them to carry on.

"They went back out first thing this morning and because work to repair the network will take time mobile generators have been brought in to get the supplies back on."

The mobile generators are being installed in stages and 125 customers are currently without power although it is hoped power will be restored to all homes this evening.

Permanent repairs to the network is due to take place tomorrow and there is likely to be a short interruption to the power supply for around 30 minutes when the service is switched over from the mobile generators.

The Southern Electric spokesman said: "We would like to apologise to all our customers affected and thank them for their patience while we repair the network."